Lurker-in-this-thread peeking in...
I think Michael J. Fox was on Canadian TV as a kid, or at least as a teenager, though.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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Amy - Jul 14, 2004 2:36:35 pm PDT #634 of 10001
Because books.
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2004 3:09:09 pm PDT #635 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Finally saw My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the Little Indie That Could. There's not much ridiculously fantastic about it, but it's a nice movie about culture clash (and not too different from my own situation). Bend It Like Beckham is better, though. There's far more going on in that one; here there's pretty much one plot and a teeny weeny subplot. And I think I like John Corbett as Aidan better. He's too schmoopy here.
Now I'm going to watch Ginger Snaps.
erikaj - Jul 14, 2004 3:27:10 pm PDT #636 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, they made him too damn perfect. But I was happy because he was my imaginary boyfriend in high school. And how much did I want to be Carrie Bradshaw the year that she had him and Big to choose from?? Very, very, much. Although me as Carrie is pretty funny, if you knew what my closet looked like.
Lyra Jane - Jul 14, 2004 4:41:06 pm PDT #637 of 10001
Up with the sun
I thought K-PAX was okay. Better than David Gale, which has the Most Ridiculous Twist Ending Ever.
I did not much careforMy Big Fat.... I mean, there's nothing really WRONG with it, it's just (IMNSHO) a 90-minute pilot for a sitcom I wouldn't watch. (and, in fact,nobody watched.) It might have been a victim of its own hype, though.
erikaj - Jul 14, 2004 5:17:59 pm PDT #638 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I liked it a lot, but it's not...art.
§ ita § - Jul 14, 2004 5:20:30 pm PDT #639 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
K-PAX made me want to create new orifices in people with sporks.
Big fuzzy bailout movie.
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2004 5:31:35 pm PDT #640 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So Ginger Snaps is really good for a low-budget horror movie. Is the sequel any good?
(Huh. Not even the same writer or director, and the third one looks ridiculous. Maybe I'll just pretend the other two don't exist.)
DavidS - Jul 14, 2004 6:40:47 pm PDT #641 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
One of the best movies I've ever seen has finally made it to DVD.
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
It was (at one time) the record holder for the longest movie I ever watched in a theater in one sitting, being 3 hours long.
I can't really describe its virtues well enough to make anyone want to see it. It's Italian, set at the turn of the century (made in the early 80s). The best I can do is to say it is completely transporting, like reading a very rich and humane historical novel. It is about one peasant family, and their lives. And I know that sounds dry as dust, but it's not in the least. In fact, it is one of the most memorable film going experiences I've had, and very moving.
I wonder, however, if its beauty would be diluted on a small screen. It's visually very beautiful and being surrounded by it, immersed in Italy, is one of its virtues.
Katie M - Jul 14, 2004 7:56:51 pm PDT #642 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
P-C, there's a review of Ginger Snaps II here that you might be interested in.
Jim - Jul 15, 2004 2:49:47 am PDT #643 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
One of them is in that Che movie I saw a trailer for, yeah? He looked familiar. and hot
OK, if you think Gael Garcia Bernal (for it is he) is hot now, you need to track down Mala Educacion the latest Almodovar film. In which you learn that he looks like Julia Roberts in drag. It's incidentally a stunningly ace film, but the GGB porn is just outrageous.